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hotvintagepoll · 2 months

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Brenda de Banzie (The man Who Knew Too Much, Hobson's Choice, The Entertainer)— Amazing British actress who should be better known

Shelley Winters (A Patch of Blue, A Place in the Sun)— She was originally set up to be like a classic bombshell, but ‘got tired’ of those roles and instead went for more interesting, complex characters. And she’s sooooooo good, her performance really makes A Place in the Sun for me, she brings such a quiet dignity to a character that could so easily have otherwise been this unkind caricature. Other fun facts: she was Jewish! She claimed that her ‘chutzpah’ was the reason she had so many affairs (including w notable hot men burt lancaster, william holden, and marlon brando)!

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Shelley Winters:

started her career as more of a glamorous bombshell type and gradually transitioned to more of a (milfy as hell) character actress type but consistently slayed no matter what she was doing

#shelley winters #Brenda de Banzie #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 1

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lamiaprigione · 1 year

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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

#film #movie #The Man Who Knew Too Much #l'uomo che sapeva troppo #hitchcock #Robert Burks #James Stewart #Doris Day #Brenda De Banzie #Bernard Miles #Christopher Olsen

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zippocreed501 · 5 months

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John Mills as Will Mossop and Brenda de Banzie as Maggie Hobson

Hobson's Choice (1954)

#hobson's choice #john mills #brenda de banzie

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dayniac · 1 year

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#doris day #brenda de banzie #the man who knew too much #classic movies #classic hollywood #1950s

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letterboxd-loggd · 2 years

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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Alfred Hitchcock

September 22nd 2022

#the man who knew too much #1956 #alfred hitchcock #james stewart #doris day #brenda de banzie #bernard miles #daniel gelin #christopher olsen #ralph truman #alan mowbray #reggie nalder #into thin air #alfred hitchcock's the man who knew too much

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genevieveetguy · 2 years

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Don't you realize that Americans dislike having their children stolen?

The Man Who Knew Too Much, Alfred Hitchcock (1956)

#Alfred Hitchcock #John Michael Hayes #James Stewart #Doris Day #Brenda de Banzie #Bernard Miles #Ralph Truman #Daniel Gélin #Mogens Wieth #Alan Mowbray #Hillary Brooke #Christopher Olsen #Reggie Nalder #Robert Burks #Bernard Herrmann #George Tomasini #1956

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streamondemand · 3 months

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David Lean's 'Hobson's Choice' on Max, Peacock and Criterion Channel

Hobson’s Choice (1954) was only one of two comedies from celebrated British director David Lean, a filmmaker best known for his intelligent literary adaptations and sweeping epics on vast cinematic canvas. Charles Laughton is comically tyrannical as the blustery Henry Hobson, a widower who huffs away with arrogance and indignation at the three daughters who work as unpaid employees in his boot…

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#1954 #Brenda de Banzie #Charles Laughton #Criterion Channel #Daphne Anderson #David Lean #DVD #Hobson&039;s Choice #Jack Hildyard #John Mills #Max #Peacock #Prunella Scales #VOD #Wilford Shingelton

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audiemurphy1945 · 2 years

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Flame in the Streets(1961)

#film #theatre #flame in the streets #1961 #john mills #brenda de banzie #roy ward baker #ted willis #60s #hot summer night #vintage #...

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byneddiedingo · 1 year

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James Stewart and Doris Day in The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956)

Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles, Ralph Truman, Daniel Gélin, Mogens Wieth, Alan Mowbray, Hillary Brook, Christopher Olsen, Reggie Nalder, Richard Wattis, Noel Willman, Alix Talton, Carolyn Jones. Screenplay: John Michael Hayes, based on a story by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham-Lewis. Cinematography: Robert Burks. Art direction: Henry Bumstead, Hal Pereira. Film editing: George Tomasini. Music: Bernard Herrmann.

It's not hard to see why Alfred Hitchcock would want to remake his 1934 film version of The Man Who Knew Too Much. It has good bones: a murder, a kidnapping, a political assassination plot, attractive international locations, colorful villainy, mistaken identifications, and innocents put in jeopardy by sheer accident. But he kind of blew it the first time with pallid protagonists (Leslie Banks and Edna Best), tedious comic byplay involving a sinister dentist, a wacky sun-worshiping cult, and a confusingly staged climactic shootout. Today it's best remembered for Peter Lorre's delicious villainy in his first English-language role. For the remake, Hitchcock supposedly told screenwriter John Michael Hayes not to watch the original or to read its screenplay but to follow his own retelling of the story. The result is a more supple narrative, and the stars, Doris Day and James Stewart, are a definite improvement over Best and Banks. Hayes has made them a rather edgy couple: She's an internationally known musical star who has gone into retirement to marry him, a Midwestern surgeon. He seems to be a bit resentful of her celebrity, and she seems to be a little disappointed at having to settle down in Indianapolis. He's given to outbursts of temper that she sometimes has to quell before he does something rash. Their marital tension never results in an out-and-out fight, but it makes for some uneasy moments. In some respects they verge on '50s stereotypes of male and female roles: He pulls out his medical expertise and administers a sedative to her before telling her that their son has been kidnapped, a rather extreme form of mansplaining. In the 1934 film, Best played an award-winning sharpshooter who fires the shot that kills the villain, while Day is given a softer task: She helps locate their kidnapped son by singing (and singing and singing) "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)," the film's Oscar-winning song. The remake is 45 minutes longer than the original, and it seems a little overextended. Still, the performances are good, and Robert Burks's Technicolor cinematography and the Marrakesh location of the first part of the film give the remake a definite edge, as does Bernard Herrmann's score. Herrmann makes his only on-camera appearance conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in the "Storm Cloud Cantata" at the Royal Albert Hall, in the pivotal scene that was carried over from the 1934 version.

#The Man Who Knew Too Much #Alfred Hitchcock #James Stewart #Doris Day

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beautifulactres · 1 year

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Brenda de Banzie (1909-1981)

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postersdecinema · 1 year

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As Filhas do Sr. Hobson

(Hobson's Choice)

UK, 1954

David Lean

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O Sapateiro

Uma deliciosa comédia adaptada de uma peça de Harold Brighouse e realizada por David Lean que conta a história de um sapateiro viúvo e alcoólico com três filhas casadoiras. Recheada de talentos, a começar pelo exuberante Charles Laughton mas também pelo excelente John Mills, a surpresa é ver a magnífica atriz teatral Brenda de Banzie a brilhar ainda mais, por entre tantas estrelas. Curiosa também a presença de uma jovem Prunella Scales, no papel da irmã mais nova, uma atriz que todos recordarão ao lado de John Cleese na famosa série Fawlty Towers.

Comédia britânica ao seu melhor nível.

The Cobbler

A delightful comedy adapted from a play by Harold Brighouse and directed by David Lean, it tells the story of a widowed alcoholic shoemaker with three marriageable daughters.

Filled with talent, starting with the exuberant Charles Laughton but also with the excellent John Mills, the surprise is to see the magnificent theater actress Brenda de Banzie shining even brighter, among so many stars. Also curious is the presence of a young Prunella Scales, in the role of the younger sister, an actress that everyone will remember alongside John Cleese in the famous series Fawlty Towers.

British comedy at its best.

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erstwhile-punk-guerito · 2 years

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